Hair waver



July 9, 192 9. h EHRLICH 1.719.928

' HAIR WAVER Filed 001;. 22, 1928 avwewcoz b (lbtomm Rose ZYrr/zlh Patented July 9, 1929.

UNITED STATES 1,719,928 PATENT OFFICE.

BOSE EHRLICH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE LAPIN SPECIALTY MFG. (10., INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

HAIR WAVER.

Application filed October 22,

a The present invention relates to improvements in hair wavers for imparting a wave to the hair.

Objects.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in View are :-To provide a hair waver of light weight, of slmple character and cheap construction; to provide a hair waver for convenient attachment and detachment from the hair in service; to provide a novel pivot construction for the hair waver; to improve the means for detachably holding the waver in closed operative position; and generally to improve the formation and construction.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear as the description proceeds.

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a girls head showing the hair waver applied to the hair as in service;

Figure 2 is a top or plan view of the hair waver in closed operative position;

Figure 3 is a side elevation thereof;

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken as on the line el-- 1 of Figure 8;

Figure 5 is an exploded view illustrating the preferred pivot construction; and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the means for detachably holding the hair waver in its closed operative position.

In detail, the invention is applied as a hair waver which may comprise an element having two parallel longitudinal portions 10 and 11 spaced slightly apart and connected at their ends by loops 12 and 13. This element may be and is preferably formed of a single wire of aluminum or similar material preferably of light weight, shaped and fashioned in the form described. The parallel portions are slightly arched or bowed as shown in Figure 3.

In association with the first element, I provide a second element which is formed in a similar manner having parallel portions 14 and 15 arranged in slightly spaced relation and connected at their ends by portions 16 and 17. As shown in Figure 3 the parallel portions 14 and 15 are also slightly curved or bowed and in the closed position of the hair waver are elevated somewhat with respect to the portions 10 and 11 with which they are in parallel relation. The end 17 1928. Serial No. 314,081.

is bent downward into adjacent relation to the end 13 while the end 16 is also bent downward and flattened out into the plane of the end 12 and port-ions 10 and 11 extending therefrom. Portions 14 and 15 are sufiiciently close together to be able to fit within and pass between the portions 10 and 11 as appears clearly from Figure 2.

I provide means for pivoting the end 17 to the. end 13 and in the preferred form shown, this means is a cross 18 formed of sheet metal. Opposite legs 19 and 20 of the cross are adapted to engage respectively the portions 10 and 11 nearing the end 13 thereof and are crimped over said portions in serv-- ice and in a firm manner to provide a rigid assembly. The other opposite legs 21 and 22 engage respectively the ends 13 and 17 and are crimped over these ends. It should be noted that the cross is rigidly associated with the first element by virtue of being crimped at three places thereon and that it engages the end 17 only on the other element where the leg 22 is crimped from said end with the result that the elements may be rotated relatively to each other with 17 as a pivot and the elements swung back and forth angularly with respect to each other with the second element passing through the first element when so swung.

I also provide means for detachably maintaining the elements in closed operative position as shown in Figures 2 and 3 and this means comprises a sliding element 23 which passes around portions 10 and 11 jointly and is located adjacent the end 12 thereof. The sliding element may be slid over the end 16 as shown in Figure 2 and in this position it serves to lock the two elements in closed position. The sliding element may he slid back out of engagement with the end 16 and thus release the elements.

In the application of the hair waver to the hair, the two elements are opened up with respect to each other with the second element having portions 14 and 15 below the first element having portions 10 and 11. The hair is arranged over portions 1 1 and 15 preferably in a uniform and neat manner and the elements are then moved together into closed position. In so moving the second element passes through the first with the result that the hair is given a wave passing under elements 10 and 11 and over elements 14: and 15 as shown in Figure 1. The elements are now locked by moving the sliding member 23 over the end 16. The waver may be maintained in the hair for any desired length of time and of course maintains the hair in the waved con dition of Figure 4 as long as applied.

WVhen the wave is removed, the hair has the form of the wave imparted by the action of the hair waver and retains this wave for an appreciable length of time, depending upon how long the waver had been in the hair and the care taken. It is not necessary to wet the hair in connection with this waver, on the contrarythe waver may be applied to the hair in dry condition. The curvedor bowed condition of the waver is preferred so that the waver will nicelyconform to the shape of the head and fit neatly in the hairin service.

Although the details shown are preferred, it will be appreciated that variations and alterations may be made therein without departing from the invention.

Claims:

1. A hair waver comprising elements pivoted together :for opening and closing, each of said elements comprising longitudinal portions arranged in parallelism and spaced apart and connected together at their ends,

one of said elements being adapted to move through the longitudinal portions of the other, means for pivoting said elements em bodying a cross having oppositely directed legs crimped over the longitudinal portions of one of said elements, another leg crimped over the end of said element, and a fourth leg crimped over the end of the other element.

2. A hair waver comprising two elements arranged in longitudinal parallelism, means for pivoting the adjacent ends of said elements together to allow said elements to open or close, one of said elements being of smaller width than the other and adapted to pass through the other in opening and closing, the element of smaller width being elevated throughout the major portion of its length with respect to the other element when the elements are in closed position and means for locking the free ends of said elements in their closed position in service, said locking means comprising a member slidablv disposed. on the element of greater width adjacent the free end thereof and adapted. to be moved over the free end of the element of smaller width in the closed position of said elements.

ROSE EHRLICH. 

